Archive for the ‘Prison’ Category

These are a few names of women prisoners at Parkhurst Prison, which I have extracted from the great many registers located in the National Archives at Kew. I do have full details, which I can supply to any enquirer, that includes: name, age, crime, sessions, conviction, length of sentence and where they went to upon leaving Parkhurst. […]

A succession of dots …… at the end of any report denotes there is much more to the story and if anyone wants the full details, please just contact me. 16 Oct 1852 – DEPARTURES .. Twentyone boys embarked from this prison on Wednesday for Van Dieman’s Land, on board the “Oriental Queen”, lying in Cowes […]